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Boo hoo! Friday, February 15th would be our last day of sightseeing in New Orleans. Because of that you’d think Mother Nature would have cooperated, giving us a bright sunny day. But nope, that wasn’t going to happen. Instead the …

To be honest, whenever anyone mentioned Mardi Gras to us prior to this visit, what usually popped into our heads were images of parades, floats, beads, king cake, partying, rowdiness and of course, Bourbon Street. We really didn’t know much …

As mentioned in a previous post, our three day tickets for the City Sightseeing Tour on the Hop On Hop Off double decker bus entitled us to two free walking tours. Both tours are approximately 45 minutes and are available …

The sun! Finally on Wednesday after several days of gloom! Time to don our sightseeing sneakers! Initially we had planned on taking the shuttle bus offered by the campground into the French Quarter, figuring parking would be both expensive and …

Bourbon Street…Jackson Square..The French Quarter…Beignets…Creole/Cajun food…Mardi Gras parades. These were just a few of the visions that were dancing in our heads as we left Meaher State Park on Saturday, February 9th, headed for our next destination, the Big Easy, aka …

“Here” is Riverbend Motorcoach Resort in Labelle, FL. One month and 2070 miles since our visit to Chiricahua National Monument. Why did we take this detour to FL on our way back to our usual summer spot in RI? Primarily because we …

We had one more sightseeing expedition here. Actually there was a lot more that we wanted to do, but the launch date of our boat Quantum Leap is approaching rapidly and RI is beckoning to us so our time in …

By noon, we had finished the Tabasco factory tour but our sightseeing at Avery Island wasn’t done yet. Our next stop was the nearby Jungle Gardens. The second son of Edmond McIlhenny, Edward “Ned” McIlhenny, born in 1872, was an …

Who doesn’t have a bottle of Tabasco sauce in their cupboard? We certainly do in fact we have several. And even if you don’t have a bottle in your own cupboard, you see that little red bottle squeezed between the …

Guess we didn’t get our fill of swamps or creepy crawly things yet! After our day visiting the Barataria Preserve section of the Jean Lafitte National Park on Monday, before heading back to the beast we made a stop at …